change and humanity slide show. lecture 1
TRANSCRIPT
CHANGE: GOING FORWARD BY LOOKING BACKWARD
GEORGE SANTAYANA “THOSE WHO CANNOT
REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT
IT.”
IT IS THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN
HELP EACH OTHER TO STABILIZE THE RESULT OF A
WORLD TURNED TURBULENT.
CHAOS: WHEN WHAT HAPPENS IS NOT WHAT
WE HAVE PREDICTED
“MAKES US BEAR THOSE ILLS WE HAVE RATHER THAN FLY OFF T\O
OTHERS WE KNOW NOT OF.” RG III.
RESTORATION STELLA: : “THE LAND WAS TOPSY-TURVY AND THE
GODS TURNED THEIR BACKS UPON THIS LAND.”
EMILE DURKHEIM: ANOMIE DESCRIBES A LACK OF
SOCIAL NORMS OR "NORMLESSNESS".
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS: THE SCREAM BY EDVARD
MUNCH (1863-1944)
THOMAS LUCCHESE (DECEMBER 1, 1899 – JULY 13,
1967). KOSHER CHICKEN AND THE MAFIA
JEWISH CHICKEN FARM, MONMOUTH NEW JERSEY
1930’S
THE TOP 20TH CENTURY KILLERS
(a) Stalin was responsible for the deaths of between 20 and 60 million
people.
(b) Pol Pot caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the
Cambodian population, an estimated 1 to 3 million people (out of a
population of slightly over 8 million) .
(c) Mao is reputed to have killed somewhere between 78 million and 140
million people.
(d) Hitler is responsible for the deaths of 6 million Jews and 11 million
people total.
ADOLPH EICHMANN:
EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM
HANNAH ARENDT
IMMANUEL KANT
OSKAR SCHINDLER
SCHINDLER AND THE JEWS; UNTOLD STORY
THE HUGUENOTS AND LE CHAMBON-SUR-LIGNON